A columbarium is like a mausoleum but for cremated remains. A columbarium "niche" (essentially an urn cubby) can range inprice from about $300 to $2,800. The costs associated with passing on can vary ...

The groundskeepers at Chicago’s largest and oldest cemetery make sure everybody—and every body—is treated with care.

Americans are more likely to choose cremation over burial. It is cheaper, simpler, saves space, and some people like the idea of having their ashes scattered over a favorite place. Funeral directors ...

Archaeologists excavating in the French Riviera have uncovered a massive Roman cremation cemetery. Careful work at the site ...

A funeral urn filled with ashes was found abandoned in 2022 on a park bench in Tennessee, more than 1,000 miles east of Minneapolis.

WHITEHALL, MI - Whitehall funeral director Thomas Claude Clock III has been charged with felonies for allegedly performing services without a license and burying an empty urn at a funeral, misleading ...

In recent years, Catholics have increasingly chosen to scatter the ashes of loved ones — or keep them close by, at home — as a way to honor their lives. The Vatican, though, doesn’t condone the ...

CHICAGO (CBS)-- Another Burr Oak Cemetery employee has been linked to criminal activity in cemeteries, this time involving the theft of decorative urns. As WBBM Newsradio's Steve Miller reports, two ...

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